5th & 6th Class
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June 2016
Paws Certificates - Well done to all who recieved their PAWS certs today.
May 2016
Check out our new song with music by Karl - https://vimeo.com/168403832
JANUARY 2016
Happy New Year everyone, welcome back to school. Here's a quick update of what we've been up to!
MANY THANKS
Many thanks to everyone who attended our school Carol Service - what an amazing success and what an amazing response from everyone who came or watched it online, we thoroughly enjoyed it!
GREAT JOB KAYLA
Congratulations to Kayla McGowan who represented Sligo in the National Cross Country "B" Championships in Dundalk this month - great achievement Kayla, well done!
STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS
Our Student Council are busy organising a "Crazy Hair" day in aid of Crumlin's Chilsren's Hospital which will take place early in February so get your thinking caps on and get creative!!
GAAmigos SKILLS COMPETITION
Well done to the boys and girls from 5th & 6th class who have been selected to represent our school in the GAAmigos Skills competition in February, well done also tp the boys who have bee selected for the very first GAAmigos Hurling Skills competition, we know you'll do us proud
1916 COMMEMORATION DAY
We're very busy in class this month getting ready for Coirm and also starting our preparations for our 1916 Commemorative Day, we have been learning leads about 1916 and the factors that led up to the Rebellion, what actually happened and how it all ended - really interesting, we can't wait to share it all with you!
DECEMBER 2015
CHRISTMAS "CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT"
It's finally coming close to our Christmas "Carols by Candlelight" Carol Service which is taking place on 13th December at 6pm. There has been alot of work which has gone in to help us make sure that we are our very best. Staying after school, rehersing during breaktime - it has been taken of dedication but we are sure it will be worth it! Hope you all come and join us!
MS Readathon
Well done to everyone from 3rd-6th class who participated in the MSReadathon this year. It raised a whopping €690 for a very worthy cause (and helped us develop as readers at the same time!)
WORK EXPERIENCE and TEACHING PRACTISE
It has been great to have Laura Keaveney and Eimear Harte with us over the past few weeks. The 1st & 2nd class have been enjoying getting to know Ms Keaveney while Eimear has been joining us each Wednesday from Coola PPS. We wish them a wonderful Christmas and hope to see them again soon!
NOVEMBER 2015
CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL
Congratulations to our Student Council who have organised a very successful Christmas Shoebox Appeal. Everyone had great fun organising their boxes and it was great to see such support for this great cause. Over 70 boxes are being sent from our school and we hope that each child who receives one knows that we are thinking of them.
REHERSALS
Rehersals are well underway for our Christmas Concert which will take place on December 13th in Ballintogher Church. Our performances will form part of the "Carols by Candlelight" evening. As well as our singers and soloists, some of our class are busily preparing to accompany us on the guitar! Keep up the great work!
MINI SEVENS
Congrats to the girls and boys teams who got through to the next round of the Cumann na mBunscol Mini-7's competition after comprehensive wins against Coolbock NS and Kilross NS. The next round was played in wet and windy conditions at the Centre of Excellence in Scarden. In spite of the rough weather, both our girls and boys team played to their best unfortunately, after two matches for the girls and three for the boys they were unlucky not to secure a place in the next round. In spite of this, all members of the teams played their best and exhibited a great sense of sportsmanship! Well done everyone!
OCTOBER 2015
HALLOWEEN DANCE
On the last day before we received the halloween holidays, we introduced two new dances to the other classrooms called Time Warp and Witch Doctor. Every one enjoyed showing off their cool new moves!They especially enjoyed prancing around in their frightastic costumes!Well done to 6th class for getting involved with dressing up.We had monsters, ballerinas and we even had a visit from The Kardashian sisters!
MASS READINGS
This month was our turn to read the 1st and 2nd readings at mass. Well done to everyone who volunteered.Excellent job done everybody.
MATHS WEEK
Maths Week was a focus in our classroom from the 12th - 16th October this year. We did crazy brainteasers and fun puzzles that entertained us for this brilliant maths week. We tested our parents on them and enjoyed watching them vainly try to solve them. Each day was started with a game of countdown thanks to Aoibhin Whelehan who gave us a run for our money by giving us newer and harder ones everyday! While each day our Maths lessons saw us racking our brains solving maths sentences given to us by our teacher.
TSI - Transactional Strategy Instruction
We have started a new programme called TSI. TSI stands for Transactional Strategy Instruction. The focus of this project is to let the students learn to comprehend their english reading and teach each other.There are three main jobs for the children to take on;the leader,the strategist and the questioner.
LEADER: Is in charge of the group and coding sheets
STRATEGIST:Is in charge of ensuring the correct strategy is being studied by the group
QUESTIONER: Is in charge of making sure the group can ask sufficent questions and appropriate questions about the piece.
We had a special visitor (Maire Love) who came in to see us in action. She was delighted with the results and hopes to visit us again.
SEPTEMBER 2015
Welcome everyone to our new school year. Already we have been extremely busy so read on if you want to get a flavour of what we have been up to!
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TRIP TO UNION ROCK
As part of our History class we headed off to Union Rock on 28th September. We have been studying about the 1798 Rebellion so to help get a feel for what happened we donned our walking shoes and set off! Our first stop brought us up to Union Rock on a glorious, sunny day and we had panoramic views over Ballisodare Bay, the Ox mountains, the Dartry mountains and Collooney. There we learned about the arrival of the French under the command of General Humbert and their meeting with the Garrison from Sligo. Hearing the stories as we looked out over the area really brought it all to life! From there we set off to the Teeling monument which commerates Belfastman Bartholamew Teeling and is on the site of the skirmish that took place. We had a wonderful day which helped us see just how much history is on our doorstep!
Our First School Assembly of the Year
As our school year got underway we decided to get use our School Assemblies as a way of showing a little flavour of our class to the rest of the school. We chose the topic of the Rugby World Cup and spent the first couple of weeks preparing a Powerpoint Display and an Oral Presentation on that topic. We spoke about amny areaas including : the History of Rugby, The Irish Rugby Team, The Webb Ellis Trophy and Fun Facts about the game of rugby. We were a little nervous but all our work and preparation paid off and our presentation was a resounding success!
SCHOOL CHOIR
To get our school year off to the best possible start we celebrated our start of year school mass at 7.30pm in St. Teresa's Church on Thursday, 23rd September. Our school choir and those who participated in the ceremony had spent a great deal of time preparing and this helped ensure a wonderful ceremony. Many thanks to all who took time out of their day to join us in our celebrations.
GUITAR LESSONS
Guitar Lessons are now well underway and Karl is busy helping us to develop our guitar playing skills!
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Well done to all students who participated in the SuperValu Athletics Fest at Sligo IT on Friday, 24th September. After all the time which they spent training during and after school they were able to give a great account of themselves in every section they entered. Congratulations in particular to our Senior Girls Team (Aoibhín, Ella, Kayla and Emma) who qualified for the Senior Girls final and were unlucky not to be placed after a fantastic effort! Great work everyone!
JUNE 2015
What a busy month and what alot has happened. So many adventures have take place and here is a quick sample of all that we have been up to!
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Many thanks to Amy O'Hara for visiting our class to shared wonderful ideas for Hat and Headpiece making for our Green Flag Day. We also visited all the other classes and spoke to them about the Anderson Shelters which we had made as part of our work on World War II and we FINALLY finished our Hot Air Balloons!
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As we received our 5th Green Schools flag this year, we celebrated in style with some events in the school including the first screening of the 6th Class Movie on Road safety. We were thrilled with the response to our work and really enjoyed spreading our Road safety message in such a novel way. On the day of our Green Flag raising we also had a guided tour of the bank of the Garavogue with nature expert Michael Bell.
[Click here to watch the movie]
This month we also had the opportunity to congratulate Fr. Vincent on the occasion of the 30th Anniversdary of his ordination.
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We travelled to Lough Gara for our school tour, a day filled with Horse Riding, Archery, Obstacle Courses and lots and lots of fun!
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We also finished our new Mini Beast Hotel, competed in Cumann na mBunscol, had our Sports Day and stocked up on memories to take with us on our move into Secondary School.
SCIENCE FAIR - MAY 2015
Many thanks to all who attended our Science Fair on Friday 1st May. We were overwhelmed at the number of people who took time out of their busy day to come and see all the Sciemtific experiments which were on show. All classes from Infants - 6th class were showing their models, displaying their experiments and generally showing the fun which is to be had in Scientific Enquiry.
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OUR TRIP TO LONGFORD CATHEDRAL- APRIL 2015
As part of our preparations for our Confirmation Day we were invited to meet Bishop Frances in the newly refurbished Longford Cathedral. On our bus trip to the cathedral we were joined by the other Confirmandi from the neighbouring schools. Our visit began with mass which was concelebrated by Bishop Frances and Fr. Vincent. We then were given a tour of the Cathedral which was wonderful. Many thanks to Fr. Vincent for organising the trip
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MARCH 2015
WORLD BOOK DAY
As part of our celebrations for World Book Day there were a range of activities occuring throughout the school, from DEAR time (Drop Everything And Read) to video reviews and dressing as your favourite book character. Well done to all who participated and helped to make the day so enjoyable!
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VISITING OUR CLASSMATES PERFORMING IN THE HAWKS WELL (March 2015)
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GYMNASTICS LESSONS (FEB - MARCH 2015)
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CREATING MASKS - ANCIENT GREECE - Feb 2015
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April 2014
Congratulations to our Boys and Girls!
Congratulations to our 5th & 6th class boys and girls who competed in the County Walk Race Finals in Sligo IT on the 4th April 2014. The 5th class boys and 6th class girls secured the team silver medals while Eva Delahunt (6th class) and Ciarán McKeon (5th class) won 1st and 3rd respectively in the individual events.
We wish them all every success as they compete in the Connacht Finals in Claremorris on Saturday, 12th April. Details regarding times and venues will be forwarded once we get them. Congratulations to all who participated!
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6th Class - Confirmation:
6th class pupils have now completed the workshops in the Parish Programme “You Shall be My Witness”. Parents and pupils are reminded that the next stage of the preparation process for Confirmation will be the "Ceremony of Light" which will take place in Ballintogher Church on 1st May at 7.30pm and then the Confirmation Ceremony itself which will take place in Killenummery Church on Saturday, 10th May at 12pm. We also need a parent of one of the Confirmation Candidates to do a short reading at the Confirmation ceremony on 10th May so any parent willing to volunteer for this job is asked to contact the school please as soon as possible.
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SCIENCE FAIR 2014 Our first Science Fair was held in St. Teresa's N.S. on Thursday 10th April and what a wonderful day we had. The children, who had worked so hard preparing for the day, were incredible - showing their skills, demonstrating their knowledge and discussing their work with the many many adults who joined us on the day. Congratulations also the teachers and staff who organised the day and helped the pupils prepare so well - what a great day!
COIRM GAEL LINN - Hawks well Theatre Congratulations to all the pupils of 5th & 6th class who participated in Coirm Gael Linn in the Hawks Well Theatre on Tuesday, 11th March 2014. The class performed "An Piobaire Hamlin" to great applause and retured home with 2 awards. Well done to all the pupils who worked so hard to ensure a spectacular performance.
INDOOR HURLING COUNTY FINAL Well done to the Girls Indoor Hurling team who contested the County Final of the Girls Indoor Hurling competition on Sunday, 9th March in the Teeling Centre, Collooney. The team gave their all on the day and were unfortunate to be deafeat by Killeenduff N.S. (with a scoreline of 5-3) however, the every member of the team showed great determination and sportsmanship throughout. Congratulations to Killeenduff on their win.
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SCIENCE FAIR 2014
COIRM GAEL LINN 2014
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FREINDSHIP WEEK"Friendship Week" took place in St. Teresa's N.S. from Monday 31st March - 4th April. During the week the pupils worked on a range of topics and events to encourage and promote a positive attitude to the treatment of others for all. 5th & 6th class are hoping to have their short "Anti-Bullying" Films completed by the end of the week and are looking forward to showing their work to the rest of the school community CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Darra O'Loughlin who has successfully made it through to the 3rd round of the Cumann na mBunscol Skills competition - we wish her every success in the next round. Well done also to the boys and girls who represented our school so well in the GAAmigos competition. SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE Comhghairdeas do gach duine a ghlac phairt i Seachtain na Gaeilge sa bhliain seo. Dean gach páiste iarracht mhaith chun Gaeilge a labhairt i rith an lae, agus maith sibh do na tuismitheoirí a bhí abalta teacht go dti an Céilí Mór agus páirt a ghlacadh saspóirt agus spraoi |
Céilí Mór - Seachtain na Geilge 2014 |
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CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT - Christmas 2013 |
CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT Many thanks to all who supported our "Carols by Candlelight" Carol service on the 8th December. Well done to the children who performed the Nativity "As Gaeilge" to a packed house and to the pupils of 3rd & 4th class who sang so beautifully in the choir. many thanks to Fr. Vincent and all who were involved in organising the event and also to Mr. Michael Rooney for accompanying the choir on the harp.
No Car Tuesday (NCT) 2014 Our "No Car Tuesday" initative continues to be a great success with childrena and parents braving the elements, donning their High-Vis jackets and leaving the cars at home while walking to school. For any who are interested in joining us in a large group we set off from St. Michael's Pitch at 9am every Tuesday morning. Wev would also ask parents to please sign on to our rota to help ensure that we have sufficient adult supervision. Many thanks for all who are taking part.
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NCT (No Car Tuesday) 2014
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